Snow/wintry Precipitation Reports 12th March 06

[john arrowsmith]

Blustery snow 45mm deep, no sign of it stopping, temp. -1.2c

[Stubbette]

We had a snow shower at around midnight, which left us with a covering. Nothing other than a few flurries until 10am this morning when it started snowing properly, but blowing around a lot. It's still quite light but settling where it can.

Stubbette (East Cheshire)

[Stuart]

it still snowing

[Zerouali lives]

Persistant moderate snow in Aberdeen - lying on most, if not all surfaces.

[GrimReaper]

Heavier showers of snow grains in the last 15 mins.

Just a covering on the ground.

Temp has fallen to minus 3c

Wind is SE approx 12 kts

[stumathers]

Light to moderate small snow flakes falling. Very slowly getting heavier since it started at 9am. It has settled on all but the road surfaces here. The band of snow is moving very, very slowly east and we are still on the edge of it.

[Storm Animal]

Persistent blizzard since 7am.... althought quite light at first, has been heavier over

past couple of hours, hopefully some pics later if I can brave going out, the snow is

horizontal

[wallopweather]

Woke at 6.15am light dusting of snow on roofs and cars. Went back to bed and got back up at 10am (lovely lye-in ) only to find the snow had gone and it looked like it hadn't even been here!

[philglossop]

No snow in Glossop at 815 this morning, but heavy "blizzard" like conditions with a good 1 to 2 inches now, and looking promising for the rest of the day

[Dave J]

Here's some METARs from places reporting snow this morning:

Manchester Airport: Moderate snow

METAR COR EGCC 121020Z 13019G30KT 6000 SN FEW013 BKN022 M00/M05

Q1027 TEMPO 3000 -SN BKN007=

Liverpool Airport: Heavy snow in 25 kn winds at -1C !!! Blizzard.

METAR EGGP 121020Z 14025KT 0900 R09/1400 +SN SCT005 BKN008

M01/M03 Q1027 SNOCLO=

Carlisle: Light snow, -2C

METAR EGNC 121020Z 15016G28KT 1500 -SN OVC002 M02/M02 Q1024=

Blackpool Airport: Moderate snow, -1C

METAR EGNH 121020Z 12021KT 1500 SN SCT000 BKN008 M01/M02

Q1026 109925//=

Leeds/Bradford Airport: Light snow, -3C

METAR EGNM 121020Z 15012KT 3000 -SN SCT004 BKN010 M03///

Q1028=

Newcastle: Light snow, -1C

METAR EGNT 121020Z 18011KT 4000 -SN FEW015 BKN035 M01/M04

Q1027=

Tees-side: Light snow, -1C

METAR EGNV 121020Z 18018KT 4500 -SN FEW015 SCT017 BKN038

M01/M03 Q1028=

East Midlands (Nottingham/Derby): Moderate snow, -1C

METAR EGNX 121020Z 15013KT 4000 SN BKN020 M01/M04 Q1030=

Aberdeen Dyce: Moderate snow, 0C

METAR EGPD 121020Z 18020KT 1000 R16/1300 SN FEW005 BKN008

OVC015 M00/M01 Q1022 NOSIG 1662//99=

Inverness: Moderate snow, 0C

METAR EGPE 121020Z 19024G35KT 2500 SN FEW009 SCT011 BKN030

00/M01 Q1016=

Glasgow Airport: Light snow, -1C

METAR EGPF 121020Z 05006KT 4000 -SN BKN010 OVC020 M01/M01

Q1022 055/99//=

Edinburgh Airport: Light snow, -1C

METAR EGPH 121020Z 15010KT 090V250 3000 -SN FEW002 SCT011

BKN032 00/M02 Q1021 06910194=

Edited March 12, 2006 by Dave J

[Red Raven]

Something strange is happening in our valley. we did have snow early this morning but its now melted and the temperature is 3.3C where everywhere else in the whole of the north of england is at or below freezing. take a look at this http://www.wunderground.com/stationmaps/gm...gic=1&wmo=03222 i'm the warm one!. the valley normally holds the cold but this time we sem to be in a heat sink! anyone care to explain. Its def not my station as all the snow has melted.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Very odd! Minus 1.5 to your east!

[noggin]

Approx 1cm of snow earlier this morning, about 7/8 o'clock.

All gone now, of course.

It snows. And it goes.

[Sam Jowett]

Getting lighter here in Whitwick now and thawing faster than it's settling thanks to surface temperatures of 2ºC, despite air temperature being around -1ºC. That's March for you I suppose!

[Thundersquall]

As expected, it's snowing in Buxton!

Strange icy snow for about 4 hours (however even this had settled to 1.5 to 2 inches),

now turned to nice, big flakes. Conditions are dire at present and not getting any better.

Edited March 12, 2006 by Thundersquall

[ryantraves]

light dusting this morning in Bournemouth, melted fairly quick.

[Rob W]

Snowing here (and showed at around 7:30, so I'm reliably informed), but nothing like hard enough to settle.

[Cheeseburger]

Jst stopped snowing, 7cm in total . Temps are nearly above freezing now so it may not last long.

Theres some nice icicles hanging off my car.

[pharmcat]

Snowing when I got home from a party at 2am, and still snowing when I got up an hour ago! About 6 inches on the patio now. Must be the only time Ellesmere Port has looked attractive, when it's buried under snow!

[raritas]

started snowing at 3am ... still snowing

occasional blizzard conditions

0 degrees

plenty of snow

wonderful snow whirl winds up to 10m high on the street where 2 wind paths meet

kids and us are loving it ...

[Andy Bown]

The weather is magic!

A good 2cm covering by 09.00. All gone by 11.00 with no sunshine, no rise in temperature but a brisk breeze. Everything is dry, even the grass, anyone getting up late will have had no idea it had snowed .

[Storm Animal]

well its still a continual blizzard up on the hills of Oldham & Saddleworth... several

inches now since 07:00, but is quite deceptive due to the drifting. Some pics just

taken within the past few hours below

[Thundersquall]

well its still a continual blizzard up on the hills of Oldham & Saddleworth... several

inches now since 07:00, but is quite deceptive due to the drifting. Some pics just

taken within the past few hours below

Much the same conditions here in Buxton!

Anyone walking today must be releived when they reach the warm, isolated comfort of the Cat & Fiddle!

Nice big flakes falling and the frontal band appears to have stalled over Buxton and your area according to Met Office radar.

Saw a guided group of hikers getting ready earlier today - rather them than me!

Edited March 12, 2006 by Thundersquall

[Stratos Ferric]

Continuous light snow here in Stratosside since before 8am. Yet another variant today: this stuff looks like powdered rice: surfaces are frozen dry so it's blowing off the patio and track, and generally blowing around in a gusty wind. Intensity no more than 10-15, and I'm sure some of that is just the surface being whipped up. Can't be more than 1cm. For the snowless majority it might seem churlish to complain, however it's yet another example this winter of a snow day not producing that much really despite considerable effort. On the other hand, by recent national standards, this would be a decent event at any time of winter; coming in mid-March it's notewothy.

[Pennine Ten Foot Drifts]

well its still a continual blizzard up on the hills of Oldham & Saddleworth... several

inches now since 07:00, but is quite deceptive due to the drifting. Some pics just

taken within the past few hours below

Identical to what we've got here, just on the Yorkshire side of the Pennines about 10 miles east of you. Some nice drifting as well, and very little melt as yet (I guess the ground is that much colder up here - I do love living at a decent altitude sometimes !).